Improvement in drawer-knob labels



@sind gratte @wat @mira FREDERICK HALE AND `'Letters Patent N 93,299,dated August 3, 1869.

IMPRO'TBMENT IN DRAWER-KN OB LABELS.

The Schedule referred to in' these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it' known that we, FREDERICK HALE and W1L. LIAM MANLEY, ofPhiladelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Glass-Face Metallic Knobs; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot'the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, a'nd lettersof reference marked thereon, making a part of this speciiication, inwhich- Figure l is a front elevation, and

Figure 2 is a longitudinal central section.

This invention consists of a knob for druggists drawers, bell-pulls,doorfhandles, and the like, having v a glass face, upon the inside ofwhich any inscription may be placed, such as the naine of a person or adrug, so as to'be at once visible and protected, said face beingconnected with the knob by means of a detachable ange in such mannerthat it may loe-removed at pleasure. v

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we nowproceed'to describe its construction and operation.

Similar letters in the drawings refer to like parts.

In the drawings- A is a hollow nietallicknob, made externally in theusual form, into the foot of which is secured the ordinary spindle a.

- The head of the knob is rabbeted both upon the outside and inside, asshown at b b', the inner recess being for the reception of a glassplate, 0,'and the outer recess having a screw-thread for the attachmentof the annular iiange d, which holds the plate in place.

The glass plate has` painted, printed, or otherwise affixed upon itsinner surface any desired inscription,

such as the name of some drug, which tsthe knob for anapothecanysllraiyer, or the appellation of some person, which is theappropriate one for a bell-pull or door-knob. t

The lettering, being on the inside of the plate, is per fectly legible,and at the same tilne'protected from in- Witnesses:

DAVID BEITLER, JOHN D. NEALY.

